different between indicate vs select

English

Etymology

From Latin indicatus, past participle of indic?re (“to point out, indicate”), from in (“in, to”) + dic?re (“to declare, originally to point”); see diction. Compare index.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd?ke?t/

Verb

indicate (third-person singular simple present indicates, present participle indicating, simple past and past participle indicated)

1. To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
2. To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies.

3. To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
4. To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
   • 1903, "How to indicate an engine" in The Star Improved Steam Engine Indicator, p.64:

     To a person who is familiar with the use of an indicator, whether it be of one make or another, it is needless to give instructions as to how an engine should be indicated, […].

   • 1905, Power, Vol.25, p.448:

     I found it fully as easy to indicate an engine at a speed of 320 to 340 revolutions as at 80.

   • 1905, Central Station, Vol.5, p.76:

     An indicator will give the working of these valves at all times and soon return its cost in higher engine efficiency. The day has passed when it was only the expert who could indicate an engine or afford to own an indicator.

Synonyms

• betoken

Related terms

• index
• indication
• indicative
• indicator

Translations

Further reading

• indicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• indicate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Dianetic, actinide, ctenidia, diactine, dianetic

Italian

Adjective

indicate f pl

1. feminine plural of indicato

Verb

indicate

1. second-person plural present of indicare
2. second-person plural imperative of indicare
3. feminine plural past participle of indicare

Anagrams

• identica

Latin

Participle

indic?te

1. vocative masculine singular of indic?tus

Verb

indic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of indic?

English

Etymology

From Latin s?l?ctus, perfect passive participle of s?lig? (“choose out, select”), from s?- (“without; apart”) + leg? (“gather, select”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??l?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt
• Hyphenation: se?lect

Adjective

select (comparative more select, superlative most select)

1. Privileged, specially selected.
   • At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

2. Of high quality; top-notch.

Translations

Verb

select (third-person singular simple present selects, present participle selecting, simple past and past participle selected)

1. To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.

   He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.

   The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification.

2. (databases) To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.

Synonyms

• (to choose): choose, opt

Antonyms

• deselect

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• celest, elects, scelet

Romanian

Etymology

From French select.

Adjective

select m or n (feminine singular select?, masculine plural selec?i, feminine and neuter plural selecte)

1. select

Declension